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Friday, November 09, 2007

La Poissonnerie Du Dome

Beauty is everywhere in Paris.We were marching around before dinner, M, Sarah and I on rue Delambre in the 14th... And I flipped for this fishmonger shop!La Poissonnerie Du Dome

I couldn't believe my eyes - all the lovely fishy murals!

And the shop is open to the street, so you can put your nose right in the fish and get eyeball to eyeball.

The ultimate in freshness!

Jean-Pierre Lopez has owned La Poissonnerie Du Dome for 20 years. He's at the Marche Rungis starting at 3 AM (I could do this with the Jetlag I currently have...) where he searches and searches for the absolute best fish.

"When it's a question of finding the best, I am not faithful."

'' Quand il s'agit de trouver le meilleur, je ne suis pas fidèle ! '

The fish or in this case the King Crab jumps from the sea into the lorry and onto your plate.

Handsome crab! :-)))Those are painted tiles, aren't they? Imagine somebody ordering custom painted tiles for his fish mongery, somehow it does reflect the attitude towards his wares. I would order blindly from that guy, um, shop.

Carol, I always love it when you show scenes from my "neighbourhood" (I always stay at the Villa Des Artistes on rue de la Grande Chaumiere). I love that fish monger and sometimes wish that I would rent an apartment in the area so I could fix some fish during my stay. There is a wonderful cheese shop just up the way from here as well!

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